In January, Almalyk Mining and Processing Works exceeded its export forecast by 31%. AGMK products are exported to Turkey, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Tajikistan, the Netherlands and China. The company has also entered new markets of Spain, Austria, Singapur, Finland, South-African Republic and Senegal. In January, exports totaled $45.1 million. In particular,…
The trade union receives numerous appeals from workers of the industry enterprises on the issue of wage increase, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Mining and Metallurgical Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan Eldar Tadzhibaev has said. The miners and metallurgists are demanding better wage conditions, namely, a two-fold increase in pay rates and official…
The chief accountant of Poltava Mining and Processing Works is suspected of the company not paying taxes for 2 billion UAH. According to the State Security Service, in 2018-2021 the suspect entered false data into official documents of the company, in particular on the payment for the use of the iron ore deposit. During this…
The mining and metal complex is increasingly more dependent on export possibilities than other spheres of Ukrainian economy – on foreign markets Ukraine used to sell around 60% of its mining products and 80% of metal. 70% of metal products were exported via seaports, Alexander Kalenkov, president of the Ukrmetallurgprom Association, said. Under the current…
In 2022, Ukraine dropped to the 24th place among global steel producers, according to Worldsteel. Ukraine produced 6.26 million tons of steel, down by 70.69% YoY. Pig iron manufacture decreased by 69.8%, to 6.39 million tons, resulting in Ukraine landing on the 15th place among 40 global producers. (Ukrainian metal)
At the end of 2022, Zaporizhkoks successfully passed supervisory audits of the integrated management system for conformity to the requirements of international standards of quality, ecology, labor protection and energy management. In particular, the company passed ISO 9001:2015 (quality), ISO 45001:2018 (labor safety), ISO 50001:2018 (energy management) and ISO 14001:2015 (ecology) audits. The audits were…
On October 12, 2022, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih shut down coke-oven batteries Nos. 1 and 2. This will help decrease pollution by 2.5 thousand tons per year. In particular, emission of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, benzene and phenol will be decreased. (Ukrainian metal)
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih has announced the decommission of its oldest sintering line, that has been used to provide around 8 thousand tons of sinter per day to the blast furnace No. 1, due to the decrease in output because of the war and in order to conform to its obligation to decrease environment impact. Now…